Software developer Ideagen is to create 50 new jobs as it bids to achieve an eighth year of consecutive growth.

The Nottinghamshire-based company, which provides information management programmes for clients such as the NHS and Heineken, will establish posts across its UK operations with diverse roles ranging from senior management to graduates and apprenticeships.

About 25 of the jobs will be at the firm's head office at Ergo House, in Ruddington Fields Business Park.

The recruitment drive includes 11 new employees for its UK-wide development department, nine customer support roles and 15 new positions in sales and marketing.

Three more people will oversee critical IT infrastructure, while further posts have been created for HR and quality assurance.

Ideagen has already launched a completely new demand department focusing on new business, comprising of five demand executives and demand manager.

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Chief operating officer Barnaby Kent said the new roles were crucial to cement the company's position as one of the world's leading software companies.

He said: "As Ideagen continues to develop as an organisation, evolving into a leading software company while securing more complex and technically challenging projects, it is crucial that we continue to invest in the business and in our people.

"These roles are absolutely vital as we continue in that development.

"By touching every key operational point across the business – from sales and marketing to development and technical services – these new roles will ensure we continue to be well equipped, both in workforce and skillset, to successfully meet the demands of our customers across the ever-changing industries we operate in."

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The new jobs will take Ideagen's global staff numbers to above 400, including 110 in Nottinghamshire.

It follows on from the company's trading update in May, which revealed that the firm expected to confirm another year of growth.

Revenue rose by 24 percent from £21.9m to £27.1m for the year ending April 30, while operating profit also increased by 24 percent from £6.3m to £7.8m.

Ideagen is an acquisitions-based organisation that has operated a "buy and build" policy since 2009.

In the past 12 months, it has acquired UK-based Covalent Solutions, IPI Solutions Ltd and PleaseTech Ltd, as well as Bulgarian organisation Logen Ltd.

David Hornsby, Ideagen CEO, added: "We are pleased to report on another successful year for the group, which included four new acquisitions and several key contracts across all of our strategic verticals.

"For nearly a quarter of a century, we have provided software solutions to thousands of customers across the globe such as the NHS in the UK, Emirates, Heineken and Harvard University.

"As we continue to expand the company, we are delighted to be able to bring both new investment and new opportunities across our operations in the United Kingdom.

"These new roles will see a 12 percent growth in staff numbers – exceeding the current UK economy growth of around two percent – and will offer competitive wages and comprehensive benefits in line with our status as one of the fastest growing software companies in the world."

Mr Kent added: "We already have some of the best quality, safety, risk, performance and audit software products on the market but having a skilled workforce behind each product is the lifeblood of the company.

"That's why I am delighted that, in what arguably remains an uncertain period in the midst of Brexit and the current UK election, that Ideagen continues to be strong enough and successful enough to offer new and exciting jobs across the United Kingdom."